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<blockquote data-quote="ArloG" data-source="post: 1162532" data-attributes="member: 418555"><p>You know. Besides V-Boxes. There aren't many. If any other diseqc positioners out there. But people. At least in the US. Are diving into the FTA world more and more.</p><p>I would like to spark a concept. I use a Titanium Satellite ASC-1. I love it. I've also acquired a few others not working. Slowly R.E. the circuits.</p><p>NXP is just impossible to work with. The owner of Titanium has assisted me a little. And offered to send the programming firmware when I'm ready.</p><p>The BDM programming interfaces, NXP programming jigs. Support software Ccodewarrior. Just too darned expensive to justify purchasing for my needs. Sending repaired boards in for programming and testing is an open option.</p><p></p><p>I have been looking at the assortment of Research Concepts dish controllers on eBay for quite awhile. They document their items. Unlike the ASC=1 which has a nondisclosure agreement from the third party programmer. No schematics. No theory of operation. Bummer.</p><p></p><p>The RC units have the usual front panel controls and tons of features. Memory slots, naming of them. Ramp up/Ramp down of the actuators.</p><p>Az only. Az-El models. And quite robust. With a full serial communication protocol manual.</p><p>I called them to find out if one of the third party software vendors supported the diseqc protocol. They are commercial units and no was the answer.</p><p></p><p>So. With full documentation of programming. The serial packet info. Which somewhat resembles diseqc.</p><p>What would it take to program a 'transcoder' with something like an Arduino? Since PIC and Arduino positioner projects are out there.</p><p>Both have go-to position commands. Memories. 2 way comms if desired (or not). The data packets look so similar.</p><p>But I'm not a programmer. I'd go blind getting started. I use an Arduino for firmware flashes and small serial projects.</p><p></p><p>With an end user interface and IR. Or as I've seen. Phone app to control the interface. A lot easier than building the controller you have.</p><p></p><p>There are quite a few using the RC movers. But tied to pushing buttons every time they want to move their dish.</p><p>On a difficulty level. Any input? I have all of the command reverence manuals with every detail.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]156443[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ArloG, post: 1162532, member: 418555"] You know. Besides V-Boxes. There aren't many. If any other diseqc positioners out there. But people. At least in the US. Are diving into the FTA world more and more. I would like to spark a concept. I use a Titanium Satellite ASC-1. I love it. I've also acquired a few others not working. Slowly R.E. the circuits. NXP is just impossible to work with. The owner of Titanium has assisted me a little. And offered to send the programming firmware when I'm ready. The BDM programming interfaces, NXP programming jigs. Support software Ccodewarrior. Just too darned expensive to justify purchasing for my needs. Sending repaired boards in for programming and testing is an open option. I have been looking at the assortment of Research Concepts dish controllers on eBay for quite awhile. They document their items. Unlike the ASC=1 which has a nondisclosure agreement from the third party programmer. No schematics. No theory of operation. Bummer. The RC units have the usual front panel controls and tons of features. Memory slots, naming of them. Ramp up/Ramp down of the actuators. Az only. Az-El models. And quite robust. With a full serial communication protocol manual. I called them to find out if one of the third party software vendors supported the diseqc protocol. They are commercial units and no was the answer. So. With full documentation of programming. The serial packet info. Which somewhat resembles diseqc. What would it take to program a 'transcoder' with something like an Arduino? Since PIC and Arduino positioner projects are out there. Both have go-to position commands. Memories. 2 way comms if desired (or not). The data packets look so similar. But I'm not a programmer. I'd go blind getting started. I use an Arduino for firmware flashes and small serial projects. With an end user interface and IR. Or as I've seen. Phone app to control the interface. A lot easier than building the controller you have. There are quite a few using the RC movers. But tied to pushing buttons every time they want to move their dish. On a difficulty level. Any input? I have all of the command reverence manuals with every detail. [ATTACH]156443[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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